Cascade Falls
| Feature Type: | Falls - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. Variation of Waterfall. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On Kettle River, just S of Christina Lake, E of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'57"N, 118°13'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 March 1977 on 82E/SE, as identified in 1967-68 road map and in fishing regulations. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The falls are in a gorge approximately 200-300 yards long, on the Kettle River at Power House, just below the railway crossing (September 1973 advice from J. McKay, Fish & Wildlife Branch, stationed at Grand Forks). BC Mineral Reference Map 6, 1932, identifies the word "falls", without a specific name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |